Example sentences of "grounds that [pron] [vb past] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Mba Abessole , a prominent opposition figure and leader of a faction of the main opposition group , the National Rectification Movement ( Morena ) , refused to accept a Cabinet post , as did some other opposition politicians , on the grounds that they had not been consulted on the composition of the new government , which included a number of ministers from the outgoing Cabinet . |
| 2 | Their applications were refused on the grounds that they did not meet the admission criteria . |
| 3 | The Rouhanyoun faction protested as some 1,100 prospective candidates were eliminated by the committees on the grounds that they did not meet minimum educational and other standards . |
| 4 | The number of responses opposed to the proposals on the grounds that they did not go far enough towards independence was very small — only a few academic boards of institutions had expressed that view . |
| 5 | She had been denied " family credit " income support on the grounds that she did not live in the UK . |
| 6 | The three opponents still refusing to sign on the grounds that there had not been adequate consultation , and two more being absent , the Mayor rode off on his horse and collected a signature from one of the absentees . |
| 7 | Lord Harris admits Robertson has ‘ some weaknesses that , if not curbed , could totally cancel out his strengths ’ , but he defended him before the academic advisory council , on the grounds that he had not been sufficiently protected by guidelines , and that it would be difficult to find a replacement with his many gifts . |
| 8 | A plea for Tejero 's release was on Feb. 20 , 1991 , rejected by the authorities on the grounds that he had not completed three quarters of his sentence . |
| 9 | The case involved Jose Tamayo-Reyes , a Cuban immigrant , who was attempting to challenge his no-contest plea to manslaughter charges , on the grounds that he had not understood the meaning of the term manslaughter . |
| 10 | The deputy judge refused probate of the 1982 document on the grounds that it had not been duly executed in that , although the amendment by section 17 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 of section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 allowed a valid signature to be made otherwise than at the foot of the will , it had not altered the requirement that the testator should have made his will before signing it ; and that , in any event , the testator had lacked testamentary capacity . |
| 11 | This was the second attempt to install the liberal Komissarov in the post : in January Moscow city soviet had nominated him to replace the hardliner Pyotr Bogdanov , but the USSR Interior Ministry had rejected the nomination on the grounds that it had not been consulted , and had ordered Bogdanov to remain in the post . |
| 12 | LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 . |
| 13 | However , tropical Africa with the highest incidence and the most stable type of malaria , was not included , on the grounds that it did not have suitable basic health services on which to build an eradication programme of this kind . |
| 14 | On 7 August the Cabinet accepted Ede 's conclusions that an amendment providing for the abolition of capital punishment could not be ruled out of order on the grounds that it did not come within the scope of the Bill , and that it would be impossible to grade murders into those for which capital punishment would be retained and those for which it would be abolished . |
| 15 | The bill was passed by the National Assembly at its second reading on June 21 , but on June 28 the Senate voted to reject the version of the bill approved by the National Assembly on the grounds that it did not take into consideration the Senate 's amendments . |
| 16 | This was apparently rejected by the Phnom Penh government on Sept. 25 , on the grounds that it did not provide for Hun Sen 's appointment as Vice-Chair . |
| 17 | The accord was rejected by Gen. Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal [ ibid ] . |
| 18 | The accord was rejected by Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal . |
| 19 | ( Iran had dissented from the final OPEC agreement in September on grounds that it did not impose strict enough controls on output — see p. 39120 — but had also demanded a larger proportional share for itself . |
| 20 | In this case the ECJ ruled that Germany could not ban the importing of Cassis de Dijon ( a French alcoholic beverage ) , on the grounds that it did not conform to German rules and regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages . |